And today we conclude with a few leftover illustrations (I particularly like the one that illustrates Indian lawyering). Hope you enjoyed the previous posts here and here.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Amusement of the Day (cont.) — 1977 BIA Phoenix Area Office Enrollment Manual Illustrations
Yesterday, we covered tribal constitutions. Today, the political and bureaucratic complexity of enrollment decisions in cartoon form (we will conclude tomorrow):
Amusement of the Day — 1977 BIA Phoenix Area Office Enrollment Manual Illustrations
Apparently, in 1977 or so, the Phoenix Area Office decided to write a lengthy manual for tribal governments, instructing them on how to make enrollment decisions that met tribal constitutional muster. Suffice it to say the text is TL:DR, but the illustrations are awesome — and by awesome, I mean crazy — and by crazy, I mean Indian country crazy.
Tomorrow, how tribal governments make membership decisions….
Burt Lake Band Prevails in Federal Recognition Procedural Dispute with Interior, Case Remanded
Here is the order in Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):
Briefs here.
BIA Notice on Proposed Updates to American Indian Probate Regulations
Here.
HCN: “The U.S. stole generations of Indigenous children to open the West”
Here, by Nick Estes.
MHA Nation Tribal Member Effort to Force Secretarial Election over Voting Rights Fails
Here are the materials in Cross v. Dept. of Interior (D. Ariz.):
Federal Court Affirms BIA Recognition Decision in Cayuga Nation Leadership Dispute
Here are the materials in Cayuga Nation v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.):
59 Reformatted Plaintiff Cayuga MSJ
Prior posts in Cayuga Nation v. Zinke here. IBIA decision here.
Tenth Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentence for Marijuana Possession on Indian Casino Property
The Nation Profile on Jim Cason: “The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness”
Here.
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